URuthe 3 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

URuthe 3 uRuthe noBhowazi

¹ Wayesethi uNawomi uninazala kuye: “Ndodakazi yami, angiyikukufunela ukuphumula ukuba kube kuhle kuwe na?

² Manje uBhowazi akayena owesizukulwane sethu, okabani izintombi zakho? Bheka, uzuza ibhali kulobubusuku esibuyeni.

³ Geza, uzigcobe, wembathe izingubo zakho, wehlele phansi; kepha ungazazisi kulowo muntu, aze aqede ukudla nokuphuza.

⁴ Lapho elala, kumelwe uyiphawule indawo ezolala kuyo, ungene uyembule izinyawo zayo ulale; futhi uzokutshela okufanele ukwenze.

⁵ Wathi kuye: “Konke ongitshela khona ngiyakukwenza.”

⁶ Wehlela phansi, wenza njengalokho uninazala emyalile.

⁷ UBhowazi esedlile waphuza, inhliziyo yakhe yathokoza, walala ekupheleni kwenqwaba; weza ngobumnene, wavula izinyawo zakhe, walala phansi.

⁸ Kwathi phakathi kwamabili indoda yethuka, yaphenduka, bheka, kwakulele owesifazane ngasezinyaweni zayo.

⁹ Wathi: “Ungubani na?” Wathi: “Ngiyincekukazi yakho uRuthe; wendlala ingubo yakho phezu kwencekukazi yakho; ngoba uyisihlobo esiseduze.

¹⁰ Wathi: “Mawubusiswe nguJehova, ndodakazi yami, ngokuba wenze umusa omkhulu ekugcineni kunasekuqaleni, ngokuba awulandelanga izinsizwa, ezimpofu nezicebile.

¹¹ Manje, ndodakazi yami, ungesabi; Ngizokwenza kuwe noma yini oyicelayo, ngoba wonke umuzi wabantu bakithi uyazi ukuthi ungowesifazane oqotho.

¹² Manje kuyiqiniso ukuthi ngiyisihlobo sakho segazi esiseduze nawe; kodwa kukhona isihlobo esiseduze kunami.

¹³ Hlala ngalobu busuku; kuyakuthi ekuseni, uma ekwenzela isihlobo, kuhle; makenze ingxenye yesithukulu; kepha uma engenzi isabelo somhlengi kuwe, ngiyakwenza isabelo somhlengi kuwe, kuphila kukaJehova; lala kuze kuse.

¹⁴ Walala ngasezinyaweni zakhe kwaze kwaba sekuseni, wavuka ngaphambi kokuba omunye azi omunye. Wathi: “Makungaziwa ukuthi owesifazane ufikile phansi.”

¹⁵ Wathi futhi: Letha iveli olalo phezu kwakho, ulibambe. Lapho elubamba, walinganisa izilinganiso eziyisithupha zebhali, wambeka phezu kwakhe; wangena emzini.

¹⁶ Esefikile kuninazala, wathi: “Ungubani, ndodakazi yami na?” Wamtshela konke indoda eyayimenze yona.

¹⁷ Wathi: “Lezi zilinganiso eziyisithupha zebhali unginikile; ngoba wathi kimi: Ungayi kunyokozala ulambatha.

¹⁸ Wathi: “Hlala uthule, ndodakazi yami, uze wazi ukuthi indaba izohamba kanjani; ngoba indoda ngeke iphumule ingakayiqedi indaba namuhla.